UHD Graphics 32EU vs HD Graphics 3000

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 6.0 (2011)Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameSandy Bridge GT2+Alder Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96256
Core clock speed650 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1550 MHz
Number of transistors1,160 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown45 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6024.80
Floating-point processing power0.2496 TFLOPS0.7936 TFLOPS
ROPs28
TMUs1216

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusRing Bus
WidthIGPIGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.6
OpenGL3.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics 32EU has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

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